Pressure builds against Microsoft's ties with Israel, WA leaders say health insurance costs will surge next year, and Paul Allen's estate promises $500 million in science grants.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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If you’ve got a soft spot for Fred Meyer, this one's gonna sting. 

Kroger says it plans to close five Fred Meyers and one QFC in the Seattle area.

We’ll hear from Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts about why.  

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LGBTQ community urges Mayor Harrell to cancel permit for Christian activist group, WA officials move to protect more forestland, and Uber Eats to pay $15 million in labor settlement.

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Stabilizing someone after a drug overdose is critical to their survival, but that’s often not the end of their struggle with opioid use disorder.

A new recovery option is opening in Seattle this week.

We’ll learn more about it with UW medicine’s Dr. Caleb Banta-Green.

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Extreme heat warning extended to Wednesday, FBI leads renewed search for fugitive Travis Decker, and Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh makes history, again.

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UW Medicine researchers reached an extraordinary milestone this summer. They successfully implanted a device onto the brain of a Seattle-area man who suffered multiple strokes. They believe the device can help him recover movement in his arm and hand. KUOW editor and producer Stephen Howie tells about what this could mean for the future of stroke recovery.

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The August primary election has been certified, meaning Sara Nelson and Dionne Foster are the two official candidates for Seattle’s 9th city council seats. Their strategies to address drug addiction are quite different.

Canadians are continuing to feel upset with America’s most recent political actions. Being right on the Canadian border, businesses in Blaine Washington are really feeling the pain.

And data centers are coming to Central Washington towns. With them comes an economic boost, but also skepticism about what the centers can actually deliver for residents and how much harm they are causing the environment.

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Most of WA is under a heat advisory, downtown light rail service will be disrupted on Saturday morning, and President Trump's Border Czar visits the PNW.

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Kroger announced upcoming closures to 4 Fred Meyers in the Seattle area.

Washington’s only hybrid electric ferry isn’t working.

And people are acting up in public. 

UW Professor Jeff Shulman and Geekwire Co-Founder Todd Bishop are here to break down the week.

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UW researchers detail human rights abuses by ICE, neighbors dedicate benches to dog walker killed in car jacking, and a heat advisory for Seattle begins Friday morning.

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